Ok, didn't Damon & Carlton say that the OT3 won't be the focus of next season? But how can they not be since they're all being held captive together?!!! Unless they'll all be held captive separately. Like that will stop all the summer's worth of Jack and Sawyer getting it on while still tied up.

Are we going to not see them for an entire ep, like we did with The Raftees back at the beginning of S2?

AND WHY AM I WORRYING ABOUT THIS NOW?

*worries anyway*

Seriously, you can't have your OT3 kidnapped together and then "backburner" them. Can you?

And why do I sense a whole lot of Sawyer/Alex will also be coming out of this? You know, as long as someone (meaningful glare Jack's way) finally gives a rat's ass about Sawyer and doesn't leave him to die at the drop of a hat, that would be ok with me. How old is that girl? 17?

Unless they'll all be held captive separately.DON'T SAY THAT!!! Don't even THINK that! If anything then they would separate Kate, because of...hygienic reasons. Male prison/ Female prison and all that stuff. *saves a lot of fic with that explanation*And NO, Sawyer can't get it on with Alex, she's only 16 for christ's sake! Tell me that Abc wouldn't do that!Now you've got me worrying too, and I haven't even seen it yet...

I knew there was going to be someone asking for the bondage porn..well, if someone didn't I would. *smile*

I'm just hoping if they can't be the focuse, maybe the others can just separate them..Kate on one side of the camp, Jack and Sawyer together on the other side..*hehehehe*

They have to be the focus of at least one episode, and with Henry becoming a regular and Alex too--I bet she helps them, but Sawyer/Alex..she's a little young, though.

And you know Sawyer's going to say something about Jack taking off after he was shot with that dart..I know I did..it went something like.."Jack, you bastard, WTF, you're f'ing leaving him?" But it all worked out in the end, yes they were captured, but they are atleast together.

And, an amendement to the quote above: rogueapprentice said it applied to the finale, not next season. So that's a relief!

And I don't think Sawyer will actually remember anything that happened after being hit with the dart. Even if he did, all the abuse he suffered at the hands of Ana was never brought up again -- that I know of. I skipped that one ep after all so maybe it did get brought up. But I doubt it!!

Aha! But the finale was pretty damn OT3-riffic, if you ask me. Anyway, color me one satisfied fangirl. Thanks for putting my mind at ease! Couldn't remember where I'd read that originally so lost the context.

My translation of that was that next season is going to be about getting them back, and meanwhile the three of them will most likely be split up and stuff, and since this is not HBO, no torture sex scenes will be written into canon, so yeah. No OT3 time. :P

I have no problem picturing them backburnering the OT3, unfortunately. It'd be just like the stupid raft last year...how can they split off this group and make us worry what will happen to them, and then have basically nothing happen for seven episodes or more? Augh. Except now it's not just Sawyer, it's the complete set of them.

I had the same thought about Alex, too. She's way, way too young for him, but as long as somebody gives him a thought I don't care. And we know she's rebellious toward the Others...I suspect Sawyer's anti-authority streak will enjoy that.

rogueapprentice said that that quote applied to the finale, not next season. Otherwise, yeah, more than slightly troubling. I can't imagine they'd really leave us hanging about the three leads for a whole episode. Sidelining Sawyer? Ok, yeah, they've done that. But not Jack and Kate too.

I don't imagine the show will get shippy between Alex and Sawyer (it is ABC after all!) but I can see her being their ally. That is, if they really can trust her. After the ruse Ana pulled on them, though, I can see Sawyer being unwilling to trust some random female again. But then again, that would call for consistency and giving Sawyer some smarts!

I don't think that even Lost would back-burner three of its most popular characters. We'll probably get lots of scenes of them trying to escape the evil Others - the storyline will split in two, but I'm sure that these three will get plenty of screen time.

Ok, didn't Damon & Carlton say that the OT3 won't be the focus of next season? But how can they not be since they're all being held captive together?!!!

That makes no sense. Did that say that recently? Or did that say that a while ago. 'Cause I'm almost convinced that this wasn't the way they were origionally going to going the season and they had to make some changes somewhere in the middle. :/ If not, I'm deeply confused.

You know, I had a moment of thinking that maybe the three would disappear for all/part of the season like WAAAAALLLLLT did, but then I realized that no network ever would bench its three hottest actors for an entire season. They know that people tune in to see what's up with these people and to ogle the pretty. I have a feeling that next season will start with them and seeing what the hell is going on now.

Did you get the feeling that the Others were wigged by the crazy magnetic white-out thing, but not in an "Oh my god, this is freaky because we know exactly what kind of bad thing just happened" sort of way? I have always assumed that the Others were the ones controlling the freak show on that island, but what if they're just more players in the experiment and don't know what's going on any more than the Losties?

Indeed not. The quote was just about the finale, not next season, I'm told.

Yeah, the Others were a little more, "Wait, we didn't authorize this," than "OMGWTF?" But who knows? I'm OK with there being unanswered questions. Because sometimes the answers aren't all that satisfying, LOL. And guessing is half the fun. Or something like that!

I really don't see how they could backburner the OT3, at least not with any real success. I mean, island mysteries be damned, I'm sorry, but as much love as I have for most of the other Lostaways, I can't see them getting very far without those three to alternatively fix and screw things up.

Are we going to not see them for an entire ep, like we did with The Raftees back at the beginning of S2?

That's one of my current worries, too. With them split off from the camp the way they are, there's either going to have to be some seriously divided screentime, or we'll be seeing a lot less of those three. *frets*

Alex does seem to be compassionate, so maybe there's hope that someone will finally be on Sawyer's side. I've completely given up on Jack. >:(

All is well, i think. rogueapprentice says they were talking about the finale. Which had quite a lot of OT3, actually, so the quote doesn't make much sense dos it?

Anyway, I'm sure Jack, Kate and Sawyer in captivity will be a huge part of S3, unless they escape in the first episode!

I can see where Jack is mad over Sawyer taking the guns but augh ... it's all just because Sawyer wants his attention/approval so badly! The hostility between them seems kind of manufactured to keep the triangle going. I do love Sawyer making overtures to him and Jack wasn't unmoved by that. As far as Jack leaving Sawyer behind, realistically, he couldn't have carried an unconscious man his own size very far. And remember, Jack did pull Sawyer back in that confrontation with The Others, when his cheek was grazed by a bullet. So I do think there is some protectiveness there. If just Sawyer had been taken hostage, I have to believe that Jack would do everything in his power to get him back. Hmmm, fic idea?